Tag: oak
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The glory of the green
Just look at this image, of the little oak in my back garden. The new leaves, blessed with rain… I could look at this for hours, and may have done in the real. Time flies when you’re away with the trees. Of course, not every photograph is perfect…
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Winter arrives
The summer seemed unending, and it felt almost inconceivable that we might slip back into winter, but the planet’s tilt will not be ignored no matter how much carbon we throw into the air. Winter is here. I woke to -6ºC this morning, and a bright crisp frost under the bluest sky. The village lay…
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Bees like Kale!
When your veg plot goodies begin to bolt… lettuce, spinach… kale… it’s usually due to wobbly weather. We’ve had some wobbly weather this year alright! And so it was no surprise when the green and purple curly Kale both went nuts and began to flower. The torrential, constany, unending, drought-busting rain – sent in response to several…
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Dealing with Drought…
The weather people say to me, on telly and online, We haven’t had sufficient rain; the weather’s been so fine. The south of England’s all in drought – We’re short of water, there’s no doubt. But bear in mind if you go out… It isn’t average all the time!
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Fun with Trees
See, you never know how the day is going to go… As Chairman of the Parish Council and local Tree Warden too, when I was faced with a parishioners complaint about a gorgeous but ponderously large Weeping Willow, I sought advice from the county Tree Officer. We met under the fronds of the Willow, which is…
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